Conor McGregor releases images implying pre-UFC 264 ankle injury, blasts ‘pull out merchants’
- Irishman tweets multiple behind-the-scenes pictures amid social media backlash to Instagram video
- McGregor had claimed UFC’s chief doctor was aware of ‘multiple stress fractures in shin bone above ankle’ before Dustin Poirier fight
Conor McGregor has released multiple behind-the-scenes images of his heavily-taped left ankle from his UFC 264 training camp, after claiming the promotion’s head doctor knew he had stress fractures in his leg going into last weekend’s fight against Dustin Poirier.
The former two-division champion underwent a three-and-half-hour surgery to fix his left tibia and fibula last Sunday, after snapping his shin during the final seconds of the first round of the lightweight main event in Las Vegas.
He received a backlash online after claiming in an Instagram video on Thursday that his leg had been compromised coming into the bout.
“All you pull out merchants wouldn’t last 13 seconds in my world,” McGregor tweeted, alongside the pictures showing his seemingly injured ankle.
He claimed an upcoming four-part Netflix docuseries would have all the behind-the-scenes footage detailing his struggles with the injury.